I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

Humor is healing.

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.

Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

I think I'm better wired for television. I love variety as far as a project. I'm easily bored and the schedule of a television show, it just keeps you going.

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.

I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.

Bruce Norris came in twice to audition for 'The Corrections' and subsequently spent many months negotiating every point in a four-year agreement to appear in the show.

There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us.

When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win.

I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.

No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

Going to any loud place is terrible for me. I'm bad at loud restaurants.

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't had those.

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect - about the rich.

I think its important to have closure in any relationship that ends from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.

American literature has always been immigrant.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

With a stout heart a mouse can lift an elephant.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.

Tang sucks.

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws.

I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.